Description
A family favorite during the holidays. Easy to prepare and a fun dessert to make with kids.
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- nonstick cooking spray
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup finely chopped pecans
Instructions
- Beat butter and cream cheese for crust with an electric mixer until smooth. Add flour and mix until fully combined. Cover and refrigerate dough for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Remove dough from the refrigerator. Spray a 24-cup mini-muffin tin with nonstick spray.
- Whisk brown sugar
- egg
- melted butter
- and vanilla for filling in a bowl until smooth.
- Roll dough into twenty four 1-inch balls. Press each ball into a muffin cup
- so it spreads evenly on the bottom and up the sides. Sprinkle about 1 teaspoon pecans into each muffin cup
- then top with about the same amount of egg mixture.
- Bake in the preheated oven until filling is set
- 25 to 30 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes
- then remove from the muffin tins.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs
Servings: 24